UNEDITED: Iraq War Veterans, Day In Day Out Realities CALL FOR ENTRIES This exhibition will feature the unedited videos of the Iraq war from the perspective of soldiers. The videos are not intended to entertain, to shock, to arise sympathy. Instead this is a collection of videos which, represents the mundane, complex, anxious, tired, bleak, dust covered day in day out reality of the American soldiers in Iraq. Mass consumption of images, video, audio is the norm. Driving through southern Iraq on MSR Tampa our MK-19 (Mark 19) gunner had his little hand held camera running. Filming hours of the passing landscapes filled with Iraqi children, military convoys, taxies, check points, cities...which made up nothing and everything that was the journey from Kuwait to BIAP to Anaconda. The footage was never close to the intensity of the hyperreal mainstream films and the media but it was honest. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum is looking for unedited videos from Iraq war veterans to exhibit to the public. The exhibition will be a collage of looping footage on a series of monitors in one space in order to present an array of perspectives in order to complicate mass media’s ideal narrative of what it means to be a soldier in Iraq. PARTICIPATE: Submissions can include any quality digital videos created with either a digital still camera or video camera. Entries must be unedited. Submissions can be submitted anonymously or if submitter wishes to be credited please include your NAME, TITLE, MILITARY BRANCH, UNIT, and LOCATION were filmed. PRELIMINARY DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2007 YOU CAN ENTER YOUR MOVIES IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: MAIL A CD CONTAINING YOUR MOVIES (If desired write NAME, TITLE, MILITARY BRANCH, UNIT, and LOCATION were filmed on cd.) c/o Aaron Hughes National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum 1801 South Indiana Ave. Chicago, Il 60616 (312) 326-0270 EMAIL FILES THAT ARE 10 MB OR LESS (If desired include NAME, TITLE, MILITARY BRANCH, UNIT, and LOCATION were filmed.): aarhughes@gmail.com Note: UPLOAD AND SEND FILES LARGER THAN 10 MB USING YOUSENDIT(www.yousendit.com) Please direct any questions regarding the exhibition or submissions to Aaron Hughes: aarhughes@gmail.com